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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1969
Page
1
Yoh Wayne calls Rep. Rosenthal a publicity seeker as he defends $18,623.64 billing for government equipment used in The Green Berets. He notes Batjac spent $171,000 to build a camp on the base and $305,000 for extras for 70 days, mostly paid to off duty Army personnel and dependents.
Former vice president Humphrey urged Democratic leaders to set a congressional example and craft their own record. Speaking at a $500-a-plate dinner in Washington, he joined Senate leader Mansfield and Speaker McCormack as speakers at a fund raiser that netted about $750,000 for next year’s campaigns.
Los Angeles County stalled final approval of a record 1969 70 budget totaling 1 776 billion dollars moving the vote to Monday Auditor Controller Mark H Bloodgood was ordered to prepare the budget ordinance for passage Supervisor Warren M Dorn attended in Sacramento as head of the County Supervisors Association to urge county boards to block budgets until state lawmakers cut property taxes The budget would lift the property tax rate from 2 6810 to 2 9428 per 100 assessed valuation and would boost total spending to 1 776 012 793 up from 1 512 433 181 in 1968 69 with Dorn opposing the action and others voicing mixed support or opposition
Luther Hodges former North Carolina governor and U S secretary of commerce 1961 1965 jumped from the second story of his burning Chapel Hill home Thursday night breaking a leg and escaping. He was treated for smoke inhalation but his wife suffered serious injuries and possible heart attack in hospital. Firemen found Mrs Hodges after two searches behind curtains as the blaze started in the center of the wood faced French provincial house cause unknown
In Santa Monica actress Kathryn Hays wins a divorce from actor Glenn Ford. Hays, 33, cites neglect and lack of interest in her acting career. The couple married for the second time on May 27, 1966.
President Nixon criticized P David W. Oberlin 49 of Duluth Minn as he was named administrator of the St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Oberlin, director of the Port of Duluth, replaces the previous appointee amid the Seaway program.
A Los Angeles to New York flight was hijacked when a passenger, Robert Defreitas of Upper Saddle River, complained about leg room and was seated next to a 20s hijacker who produced a gun. The crew complied, the hijacker took control to the cockpit, and the plane landed in Havana after nine hours. Defreitas later said he would never complain again.
Motorists face travel trouble as extreme heat in Chicago clashes with a summer snowstorm in Yellowstone National Park. Nearly 20,000 tourists were in the park as 12 inches fell. chains were required at eastern entrances. Chicago hit 96 degrees at 4 p.m., tied a 26-year high, while pavement buckled on the Kennedy Expressway. Tornadoes and severe storms raked the central U.S., with multiple states reporting twisters, heavy rain, and power outages. A 12-year-old drowned in Water Town and a search for a drowned officer’s body was postponed. TVA reported a new summer electricity consumption record.
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